Understanding Fertility After a Medical Abortion: What You Need to Know

Question
My wife is planning to undergo medical abortion in her 5 th week of pregnancy. Will it affect the ability to conceive in future

Answer
Hello, Karthick,

A medical abortion could KILL your wife within hours. I don't recommend it.

In the medical abortion, usually two different courses of pills are given. From what I am seeing, giving just one course isn't enough. The second course is a drug which is being manufactured for ulcers. The manufacturer says it is NOT to be given to a pregnant woman. Any doctor who gives it to a pregnant woman is doing it against the express instructions of the manufacturer. I consider this malpractice.

There are two ways this drug can kill. The first way is that it can cause contractions so severe they can rupture a woman's uterus. Needless to say, this will cause agony. A woman could quickly bleed to death. And there is no way to control the strength of the contractions. The second way is that a woman can get toxic shock syndrome. This usually kills a woman so fast that they can't even figure out what's wrong with her, in the emergency room, before she's dead.

A woman could also have a lesser infection that could impair her fertility. Yes, it could affect her ability to conceive in the future. Other than that, medical abortions haven't been in use long enough to know what all the serious consequences might be. The fact that the media don't report such deaths and consequences only makes this worse, and the fact that doctors often lie on death certificates to conceal the fact that the death was due to abortion doesn't help, either.

In addition to all of that, I get frequent questions from women who bleed uncontrollably for weeks afterward. This is also very dangerous.

Any kind of abortion is very dangerous for a woman. Most women simply suffer in silence. But our bodies were made to protect our children, so the only way an abortion can be done is to harm our bodies in some way. In addition, there is an increased risk a woman who had an abortion can die a violent death in the year following. It can be by suicide, homicide, auto accident, or abuse of drugs or alcohol. And a woman can become self-abusive, such as engaging in cutting (where she takes a knife and cuts herself to feel the pain). It can cause bulimia or anorexia. It's not worth it. There are better answers.

And by the way, I have worked with women who became suicidal after abortion.

You two are married. Why not have this child? I don't see the reason for not having him or her. If you are facing financial difficulties or other problems, you can get help. Go here, and look for India in the countries dropdown list:

http://www.heartbeatinternational.org/worldwide_directory.asp

There are six organizations in India that will help. If there isn't one near you, contact the closest one and ask for a referral to someone near you.

Any kind of abortion can seriously harm your wife. It is your responsibility to cherish and protect her. You should never allow her to undergo this risk. She deserves better. She deserves your protection.

Please let me know how this turns out. If you need to talk at any time or ask any further questions, I will be here.